Frisco tournament back on the court

A couple of blowouts and a buzzer-beater ushered in the return of the weather-delayed Frisco League Tournament back to the court on Wednesday night at Laquey High School.

Dave Roberts, Staff Writer

A couple of blowouts and a buzzer-beater ushered in the return of the weather-delayed Frisco League Tournament back to the court on Wednesday night at Laquey High School.

In consolation games rescheduled for Wednesday, fourth-seeded Crocker blasted eighth-seeded Iberia 66-45 while seventh-seeded Newburg hit a shot in the final second to clip sixth-seeded Stoutland 42-40 in girls’ action while the seventh-seeded Plato Eagle boys whipped ninth-seeded Laquey 59-27.

The next round of rescheduled games in the tournament is Saturday at Laquey.

The tournament is slated to conclude on Wednesday, Dec. 18 with Newburg vs. Crocker in the girls’ consolation game at 4 p.m.; the boys’ consolation game at 5:30 p.m.; the boys’ third-place game at 7 p.m., and the boys’ championship game at 8:30 p.m.

Here is a rundown of the games from Wednesday, Dec. 11:

Consolation

Girls

Newburg 42, Stoutland 40: Freshman guard McKayla Callahan scored on a putback with one second remaining for the game-winning basket as the Newburg Lady Wolves rallied to beat the Stoutland Lady Tigers.

Newburg junior forward Kelsey Austin hit a 10-foot turnaround jumper with 1:41 remaining to tie the game at 40.

With 1:00 remaining Lady Wolves’ senior guard Renate Richardson made a steal and Newburg then worked time off the game clock before calling a timeout with :25 left.

Newburg inbounded the ball, worked the ball around until freshman forward Allyssa Dondlinger fired up a shot inside the final five seconds. The shot was off the mark and Callahan rebounded and put in the game-winner.

Stoutland called a timeout with a fourth of a second remaining, but Newburg senior Shelby Friend made a steal on the inbound pass to seal the Lady Wolf win.

The Lady Tigers bolted to a 14-7 lead after the first period and had a double-figure advantage in the second period before Newburg cut its halftime deficit to 23-15.

Newburg roared from the gate to start the second half, outscoring Stoutland 18-2 in the third period. Newburg freshman guard Riley Guffey tied the game with a three-pointer following a Lady Tiger turnover with five minutes left in the third period. And Newburg took its first lead of the second half at the 4:20 mark on a Dondlinger layup. The Lady Wolves would lead by as much as eight points before the Lady Tigers staged a rally of their own.

Crocker 66, Iberia 45: The 1-2 scoring punch of sophomore guards Lindsay Medlen and Kelsi York combined for 49 points to power the Crocker Lady Lions.

Crocker led 20-17 after the first period. The Iberia Lady Rangers cut their halftime deficit to 28-27.

However, a big third period put the game away for the Lady Lions. Crocker outscored Iberia 21-6 in the third period to take a 49-33 advantage into the fourth quarter. There would be no comeback, as Crocker added 17 fourth-quarter points.

Medlen, a returning all-state guard, fired in 26 points while York added 23 for the winners.

Behind 10 first-quarter points by Jalen Supancic, Plato led 21-8 after the first period. The advantage grew to 41-13 by halftime and the Eagles led 48-22 entering the fourth period. Plato scored the first two baskets of the fourth quarter and the mercy clock ran the rest of the game.

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